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Updated: April 11, 2026 @ 4:55 am
Another update in San Mateo County’s City Council races show largely unchanged winners from preliminary vote tallies with 281,221 ballots counted and a mere 51,900 ballots left to count.
The Foster City Council has three open seats, and results show Suzy Niederhofer and Patrick Sullivan winning two. Phoebe Venkat extended her lead to 4,391 votes to Shankar Kenkre’s 4,278.
In Redwood City, two races were also on thin margins on election night — in District 3, Isabella Chu was ahead of incumbent Lissette Espinoza Garnica by 52.05% of the vote, only 68 votes ahead as of midnight Nov. 5. Chu has held onto that lead, with 51.35% of the vote — now 57 votes ahead of Espinoza Garnica.
In District 7, Marcella Padilla was pulling ahead of Diana Reddy by a slim 51.5% compared to Reddy’s 48.5% on election night. Those numbers are moving in Padilla’s favor, with Padilla now holding 52.86% — compared to Reddy’s 47.14%, with 278 votes separating them.
In Half Moon Bay, it continues to seem likely that challengers in the District 2 and 3 seats will unseat incumbents Harvey Rarback and Joaquin Jimenez.
As of midnight Nov. 5, Patric Bo Jonsson held 56.9% of the vote compared to Rarback’s 43.1%, with Rarback trailing by 89 votes. Now Jonsson now has 55.03% of the vote, and Rarback has 44.97%. He’s now behind by 88 votes.
In the District 3 seat, Paul Nagengast held a commanding 61% lead over Jimenez on election night, which also hasn’t changed by much. Nagengast holds 680 votes, or 59.54% and Jimenez now has 462 votes, of 40.46%. He’s now behind by 218 votes.
The next update will be Nov. 13.
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Dirk van Ulden said:
I am trying to figure out who Bobby Lee is. Why shouldn't we have a special day for Mark Olbert, another confused individual?
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